Coming soon…info and programming schedules for both Masters and BKL training this fall! You can expect the return of BKL “Fall Fridays”, Masters Strength at Dee PT, weekend role skis and more. “Masters Mondays” will look to bring together groups for weekly biking and running gatherings. Stay tuned!
John Family Ski/BBQ Potluck this Saturday!
Saturday, August 6th: join in for a long rollerski or bike ride in the beautiful Champlain Islands, followed by a BBQ potluck at the John Family camp in Milton!
Bring a towel, chairs, and a dish to share (desert and salads requested: BBQ entrees are taken care of)
John Family Ski Potluck Signup
We will begin our workout at 9am. Rollerskiers will skate ski for 2+ hours, and the road biking is also fantastic if anyone is interested! Masters are encouraged to attend!
Address: 668 Everest Rd, Milton
Directions: Route 7 North
- Left ar Chimney Corners (at light) onto Route 2 west
- After you cross the Lamoille River take first Right onto Bear Trap Rd.
- Go ~2miles and then take a Left (around the barn) onto Cadreact Rd.(gravel)
- Go ~2 miles and then take a Left at the intersection onto Everest Rd.( paved)
- Go ~ 1mile and bear Right at the mail boxes, go down the hill and we are the little yellow camp on the left ( has a fence with grapes growing on it)
- Park anywhere on the grass
Switchback Striding
What a great workout! Nothing says “ski team from Vermont” like classic rollerski intervals up some hilly switchbacks, cliff jumping in a nearby river, and maple creemees!
If you’ve never been to Road 101, near the base of Smuggler’s Notch, it is definitely worth a visit. I’ll let the photos and video do the talking:
Warming up with the first trip up the climb
Marti on the straightaway to the top: 3×15 min L3
Giving a few pointers on-the-fly!
Nearby swimming hole right at the starting point of the ski
Timmy, recently back from biathlon camp, taking the plunge
Will goes for the flip!
Video compilation of some of our skiing: 3×15 minutes of L3 striding. Striding is a team goal of ours this year (even amid the numerous double poling goals) and that has meant making each striding workout very focused. This was no exception, and the new location and great weather didn’t hurt. Thanks to Ali for capturing some of the footage while I handled the wheel!
MNC Trail Run / International Guests
NOTE: Rick Lelito is missing a black Swiss army knife from the event. If you happen to have found it during clean-up please contact Adam via email: adamRterko@gmail
Yesterday the club hosted a new event. Branching out from our popular Duathlon, one of the biggest BKL and Zak Cup races in the area, we put together a trail run in order to bring racers together in the summer. Our first go with this event went smoothly, with an incredible course (thank you Keenan family), a delicious sampling of BBQ food (thanks Grillmasters Rick and Gary) and a competitive and excited group.
Here are some photos from Gary Solow:
A group photo before the start
They’re off!
Beautiful fields, wooded paths, and rolling hills
Inaugural men’s champ Brendan Copely
Women’s champ Coach Sara
Thanks to all the participants and supporters! I am looking forward to this event possibly coming back, and maybe growing more.
The trail run was only the final event of a busy week, however. I’d like to take a moment to welcome and introduce two international skiers who have joined the MNC Juniors, and who will be around for the rest of the summer: Marti and Mathilde! Marti is with us from Spain, where he is involved with both Nordic skiing and biathlon. Mathilde has joined us from her home of Oslo, Norway, right in the heart of the Scandinavian ski world.
Both Marti and Mathilde have brought some great new dynamics to the group. We are definitely humbled by their multilingual abilities (Marti speaks 4 languages!) but also by their dedication to training and new experiences. I’ve been trying to learn some new training words and phrases each practice, and finding out little tidbits of how clubs and groups overseas do things.
Mathilde working on some ‘styrke’ by towing Sara along!
It was interesting to hear that Mathilde had never heard of grass skiing…maybe it’s at least one leg-up we have on Team Norway? Regardless of how widespread it is, we did a little of this last week and it gave me some more ideas to take the exercise up a notch. On Thursday we expanded our grass skiing drills with a custom course and even more skis.
What’s more, we now have a GoPro to use at practice, which means even more fun videos. Here is a quick edit of our grass skiing session. Special thanks to Adam Glueck, another guest athlete this summer, for helping film some of this!
MNC Trail Run Results
Thanks for a great race everyone! Results are linked below, with photos to follow soon!
